Secret Memories

Synopsis: British secret agents who risked their lives for the Allied cause in World War 2, including Oluf Reed-Olsen, Brian Stonehouse and Tony Brooks, speak about their work. Uses personal testimony and archive footage to pay tribute to the members of the Special Operations Executive and MI6. Parachuted into occupied territories, they played a key role in gathering sabotage intelligence and organising local resistance against the Nazis.
Series: Timewatch, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w/col. 50 min.
Year of production: 1997
Availability: Sale; 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Notes: Broadcast on BBC2 on 11/3/97.
Subjects: History
Keywords: intelligence operations; World War II

Name: BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
Contact: Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
Email: BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
Web: https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
Phone: +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
Address: BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK
Notes: The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’

This record has been viewed 528 times.

British Universities Film & Video Council